Gross doesn't mean dangerous: What poop coffee and maggot cheese teach us about food safety

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My father is a coffee enthusiast.

For his birthday, I wanted to find him something he had never tried before. That sent me searching through specialty coffee websites looking for a unique gift.

Then I found it. Coffee made from animal droppings.

Naturally, I bought it immediately.

The coffee

GRAS, additives, chemicals: Who should hold the authority?

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State leadership vs. a patchwork of regulations sums up of the controversy over the “FRESH Act” in a single phrase.

Due to its controversial provisions on federal food regulations superseding the states, amended GRAS allowances, and chemical ingredients, the proposed FDA Review and Evaluation for

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